湖水地方はイングランドでは下記のように紹介されています。 The beauty of the Lake District,England's large National Park.,tempts visitors whatever the weather or time of year. Lofty peaks(急峻な山・・といっても標高900m近辺です。) and fells(高原) form an impressive skyline above lakes and tarns. Walk or climb amidst the breathtaking scenery which inspired the poets Wordsworth(ワーズワース) and Coleridge(コールリッジ),among others. Try watersports on Windermere or Coniston Water,or simply wander round the picturesque villages and market town.
I t is a beauteous(美しい) evening, calm and free(ゆったりとした), The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration(敬愛); the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility The gentleness of heaven broods(深く考える) o'er the sea: Listen! The mighty being(神) is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thunder - everlastingly. Dear child, dear girl, that walkest with me here If thou appear untouched by solemn thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine(神聖な): Thou liest(横たわる) in Abraham's bosom(胸)all the year; And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine(神殿の中にある聖堂で拝む), God being with thee when we know it not.
Rainbow(1808) 『虹』
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began, So is it now I am a man, So be it when I shall grow old Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to by natural piety.